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VMware vSphere 8.0 vCenter Appliance Photon OS 4.0 Security Technical Implementation Guide

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • SRG-OS-000254-GPOS-00095

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  • The Photon operating system must initiate session audits at system startup.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;If auditing is enabled late in the startup process, the actions of some startup processes may not be audited. Some audit syst...
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  • SRG-OS-000256-GPOS-00097

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  • The Photon operating system must require users to reauthenticate for privilege escalation.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Without reauthentication, users may access resources or perform tasks for which they do not have authorization. When operat...
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  • SRG-OS-000433-GPOS-00193

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  • The Photon operating system must protect audit tools from unauthorized access.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Protecting audit information also includes identifying and protecting the tools used to view and manipulate log data. Therefo...
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  • SRG-OS-000266-GPOS-00101

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  • The Photon operating system must enforce password complexity by requiring that at least one special character be used.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Use of a complex password helps to increase the time and resources required to compromise the password. Password complexity o...
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  • SRG-OS-000278-GPOS-00108

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  • The Photon operating system must use cryptographic mechanisms to protect the integrity of audit tools.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Protecting the integrity of the tools used for auditing purposes is a critical step toward ensuring the integrity of audit in...
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  • SRG-OS-000279-GPOS-00109

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  • The operating system must automatically terminate a user session after inactivity time-outs have expired.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Automatic session termination addresses the termination of user-initiated logical sessions in contrast to the termination of ...
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  • SRG-OS-000324-GPOS-00125

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  • The Photon operating system must enable symlink access control protection in the kernel.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;By enabling the fs.protected_symlinks kernel parameter, symbolic links are permitted to be followed only when outside a stick...
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  • SRG-OS-000327-GPOS-00127

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  • The Photon operating system must audit the execution of privileged functions.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Misuse of privileged functions, either intentionally or unintentionally by authorized users, or by unauthorized external enti...
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  • SRG-OS-000329-GPOS-00128

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  • The Photon operating system must automatically lock an account until the locked account is released by an administrator when three unsuccessful logon attempts in 15 minutes occur.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;By limiting the number of failed logon attempts, the risk of unauthorized system access via user password guessing, otherwise...
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  • SRG-OS-000341-GPOS-00132

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  • The Photon operating system must allocate audit record storage capacity to store audit records when audit records are not immediately sent to a central audit record storage facility.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Audit logs are most useful when accessible by date, rather than size. This can be accomplished through a combination of an au...
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